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As far as I know, only Verizon offers tethering or hotspot as part of their data plan at no extra cost. One reason why I chose Verizon when I bought a 3rd Gen iPad.
On the iPad, yes - but not on the iPhone. Despite the fact that I pay $30/mo for a data plan, if I want to tether, I have to fork out another $20 or so - but then, I'm limited to a certain amount of data (my plan is normally unlimited). So, essentially, I get to pay for my data twice.
Honestly, this is just blatant extortion.
On the iPad, yes - but not on the iPhone.
When I bought the 3rd generation iPad the salesperson at the Apple store specifically recommended Verizon 4G because of the free hotspot with their data plans. I had assumed it was the same for the iPhone. I wonder why they charge extra for one and not the other? You can certainly go through the same amount of data just as fast on an iPad as you can on an iPhone.
I agree it is sort of robbery kinda like texting uses less bandwidth than an actual phone call but they all charge for it at least iMessage fixed that for iPhone users.
Actually, texting uses NO voice bandwidth -- no, seriously, it uses NONE AT ALL.
Why text messages are limited to 160 characters - latimes.com
So messaging "rides" on the "control link" in cellular signals, and thus costs the carriers NOT A PENNY (though I suppose you could argue that the cost is included in infrastructure). It's as close to pure profit as one can possibly get (until someone patents breathing --- shhh, don't give them any ideas!).
(until someone patents breathing --- shhh, don't give them any ideas!).